Sober on the Way to Sane by Sherrie Theriault

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July 2

From Mind to Pen to Paper to Palm

What a relief to have exteriorized all the swirl of thought, which normally swarms my mind, waiting to take the stage and run through their numbers.  Then like deciphering a code I was able to cross out all the irrelevant and redundant information, leaving me with a clear answer.  Once there standing on its own; it was obvious and easily explained how two plus three is five. I just love anything that can be explained all on one hand and there it was tidy and neatly fitted in the nest of my palm, easy to grasp hold, of with my fingers or my mind. 

Slip an orange into your dreams

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NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE

Model Sobriety [mode’el sobriite] n,v,adj.

1. Model Sobriety acts like clay

Durable and flexible it molds to any situation.

2. Model Sobriety is like a clotheshorse

Everything you put on it fits and looks good.

3. Model Sobriety is the 24 hour version

Of a life-long process.

4. Model Sobriety is a set of axioms

With which we interpret truth.

5. Model Sobriety is what we put in the window

For other sufferers to see.

6. Model Sobriety is the mirror we use

To learn what is natural.

7. Model Sobriety eliminates extremes

In behavior and thinking.

8. Model Sobriety is the mode

My which we become a channel.

9. Model Sobriety is the definition

In and of my life.

Noun, Verb, Adjective